• Sonny Osborne on Life In Music tonight

    The one and only Sonny Osborne will be the live guest tonight on the Life in Music Summer Guest Artist Series, presented by the ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program. Hosted by program Director Dan Boner, and facilitated by

  • Lonesome Moon – Grass Strings

    Established 45 years ago, Grass Strings, a central North Carolina-based bluegrass band, has released a new project entitled Lonesome Moon. Recorded at Greg Luck’s studio in Mt. Gilead, NC, the CD premieres on Luck's new label, Riverside Music Co. The

  • Steve Martin virtual collab with Philadelphia Orchestra

    We've seen a variety of interesting virtual collaborations during the COVID-19 shutdown, with performing artists finding clever ways to make music while socially isolated from one another. Here's another featuring Steve Martin and his banjo, together with the Philadelphia Orchestra, which

  • Jeff Brown named Vice President at Turnberry Records

    Jeff Brown, noted bluegrass artist, bandleader, and entrepreneur, has been named Vice President of Records at Turnberry Records & Management. The California company is headed by Keith Barnacastle and is a division of The Bluegrass Standard Magazine. Brown first became involved

  • County Fool from Boone & Foster

    Boone & Foster. No... it's not a real estate agency, or a law firm. Though it's a name that could comfortably fit either one. It's Troy Boone and Frosty Foster, the newest young bluegrass team signed by Mountain Fever Records. They have

  • On The Road: A Tribute To John Hartford

    John Hartford, a four-time Grammy award winner, is fondly remembered in the music community, influencing scores of musicians across generations through his country-folk song-writing, old-time /early bluegrass music, as well as his dynamic live performances. There have been many Hartford

  • A Storyteller’s Story – Stephen Wade

    Credit Stephen Wade’s long ago, one-man show, A Storyteller’s Story: Sources of Banjo Dancing, for being a nominal yet insightful look at the place banjo played in America’s musical lexicon. It was produced and performed in May, 1979 at a

  • Two Timer from Nick Chandler & Delivered

    615 Hideaway Records has released a new single from Nick Chandler & Delivered, ahead of their upcoming album Inside The Lines, expected next month. Two Timer is a hard-driving number with the familiar themes of heartbreak and betrayal. But with its upbeat